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MiR-25 Tough Decoy Enhances Cardiac Function in Heart Failure.


ABSTRACT: MicroRNAs are promising therapeutic targets, because their inhibition has the potential to normalize gene expression in diseased states. Recently, our group found that miR-25 is a key SERCA2a regulating microRNA, and we showed that multiple injections of antagomirs against miR-25 enhance cardiac contractility and function through SERCA2a restoration in a murine heart failure model. However, for clinical application, a more stable suppressor of miR-25 would be desirable. Tough Decoy (TuD) inhibitors are emerging as a highly effective method for microRNA inhibition due to their resistance to endonucleolytic degradation, high miRNA binding affinity, and efficient delivery. We generated a miR-25 TuD inhibitor and subcloned it into a cardiotropic AAV9 vector to evaluate its efficacy. The AAV9 TuD showed selective inhibition of miR-25 in vitro cardiomyoblast culture. In vivo, AAV9-miR-25 TuD delivered to the murine pressure-overload heart failure model selectively decreased expression of miR-25, increased levels of SERCA2a protein, and ameliorated cardiac dysfunction and fibrosis. Our data indicate that miR-25 TuD is an effective long-term suppressor of miR-25 and a promising therapeutic candidate to treat heart failure.

SUBMITTER: Jeong D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5910658 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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miR-25 Tough Decoy Enhances Cardiac Function in Heart Failure.

Jeong Dongtak D   Yoo Jimeen J   Lee Philyoung P   Kepreotis Sacha V SV   Lee Ahyoung A   Wahlquist Christine C   Brown Brian D BD   Kho Changwon C   Mercola Mark M   Hajjar Roger J RJ  

Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy 20171126 3


MicroRNAs are promising therapeutic targets, because their inhibition has the potential to normalize gene expression in diseased states. Recently, our group found that miR-25 is a key SERCA2a regulating microRNA, and we showed that multiple injections of antagomirs against miR-25 enhance cardiac contractility and function through SERCA2a restoration in a murine heart failure model. However, for clinical application, a more stable suppressor of miR-25 would be desirable. Tough Decoy (TuD) inhibit  ...[more]

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